July 6, 2015
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Volume 27,
Issue 11
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NewsThe Alfred P. Sloan foundation aims to spur innovation by restoring America’s pre-eminence in basic research, including how to compile and use big data sets. -
NewsThe Kavli and Moore foundations have sparked an alliance to support fundamental lab work on projects that may take decades to pay off — or may not succeed at all.
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OpinionHow evolutionary thinking can provide insights into the human condition and help philanthropic leaders accomplish their missions.
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NewsInstead of trimming its performance schedule, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis survived through lean times by sticking with its 33-year history of commissioning innovative new work.
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NewsGiving an affiliated foundation the lead in raising money, and bolstering its staff with the university advancement team, can result in more freedom and more dollars.
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NewsThe Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company surprises and delights people with performances in unexpected places, including some of Washington’s most prestigious museums.
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NewsThe Weingart Foundation Center boosted unrestricted grants to help nonprofits like the Pacific Asian Family, a group that fights domestic violence, navigate tough financial times.
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NewsPeople are giving more, incomes are rising, and foundations are more generous. But there’s another side to all the happy news.
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AdviceAmid tough times in Detroit, a serial entrepreneur achieves what many experts say should be every nonprofit’s goal.
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NewsStories from displaced people working in his factories inspired Chobani Yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya to use new foundation to help refugees around the world.
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NewsNonprofit leaders tell how their groups weathered the recession and ended up larger and more solid than before — and what they are doing to prepare for the next downturn.
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NewsA researcher at Texas Tech University found that profiles of living people explaining why they were planning to leave a bequest spurred more donations than stories about giving by people who had died.
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AdviceOrganizations say retaining key staff, establishing strong board relationships, building healthy reserves, and diversifying revenue are key elements to weathering tough times.
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NewsToo many philanthropists forget the human element when employing technology to create social change, says a former Microsoft researcher.
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NewsKeeping accounting in-house and doing regular audits also help keep nonprofits clean, according to a new report.
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OpinionAn extensive investigation reveals a long-running pattern of ethically compromised decisions by charity, business, and government officials.
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NewsShopSmart magazine and the Money Adviser newsletter can’t survive online only, so they will cease to exist after the final issues go out this year, the publisher says.
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OpinionRandolph Richardson played a pivotal role in advancing conservative causes, in part by his belief that grant makers were essentially talent scouts.
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NewsAlso included is a contribution of 1,000 acres of land in celebration of David Rockefeller Sr.’s 100th birthday.
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NewsSome charities are calling for regulators to do more to weed out abuse, while others say nonprofits themselves need to do more to call attention to con artists.
